Full-Stack Node Modules CLI

A handy interactive tool that helps developers quickly find essential Node.js/NPM packages for building full-stack applications with the MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node) or MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node) stacks.

🚀 Features

✅ Presents 10 key categories (Core Server, Auth, MongoDB, Frontend, etc.)
✅ Lists required and recommended Node.js modules for each category
✅ Shows descriptions and ready-to-run npm install commands
✅ Validates user input with friendly error messages
✅ Works as an interactive CLI both globally or when imported into your Node.js scripts
✅ Helps developers install latest and specific stable versions of packages

📦 Installation

You can install the CLI globally (recommended for direct CLI usage):

npm install -g dev-cmds-versions
Or install it locally in a project to use via require:

bash

npm install dev-cmds-versions
📝 Usage
🔹 1) Run Globally (CLI)
After installing globally, simply run:

bash

dev-cmds

🔹 2) Use in Your JS Script
After installing locally or globally, you can create a Node.js file (e.g., index.js) like:

js

require("dev-cmds-versions");
Then run it:

bash

node index.js
This will automatically show the interactive menu.

📋 What You’ll See
When the CLI starts, you’ll get a menu like:



==== Full-Stack Node Modules ====
1) Core Server & Routing
2) MongoDB & ORM/ODM
3) Authentication & Security
...
10) Other Useful Packages
You’ll be prompted with:

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Enter a topic number (1-10) to see details:
✅ Enter a number between 1-10 to see details about packages in that topic.

❌ If you enter an invalid number or a non-number (e.g., "abc", 0, or 11), you’ll see:

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❌ Invalid input! Please enter a number between 1 and 10.
✅ Example Output
If you choose topic 1 (Core Server & Routing), you’ll see:


=== Core Server & Routing ===

🔹 express
  Description: Minimal & flexible web framework
  Install: npm install express

🔹 cors
  Description: Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
  Install: npm install cors
...
🤔 Why use this?
🔹 Avoid Googling every package separately
🔹 Learn what stable packages are recommended for full-stack JavaScript projects
🔹 Speed up your MEAN or MERN project setup
🔹 Help students and junior developers understand ecosystem best practices

✨ Author
Gugan M K